speechless

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
speechless
    adj 1: temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb";
           "speechless with shock" [syn: {speechless}, {dumb}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Speechless \Speech"less\, a.
   1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
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   2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
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            Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear.
                                                  --Addison.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Speech"less*ly}, adv. --
      {Speech"less*ness}, n.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "speechless":
      anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, breathless, brief, brusque, close,
      close-tongued, closemouthed, concise, curt, dazed, dumb,
      dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, economical of words,
      inarticulate, indisposed to talk, laconic, mum, mute, nonplussed,
      quiet, reserved, shocked, short, silent, snug, sparing of words,
      stricken dumb, taciturn, terse, thunderstruck, tight-lipped,
      tongue-tied, tongueless, uncommunicative, unloquacious,
      untalkative, voiceless, word-bound, wordless

    

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